Family Literacy Backpacks
Family fun and learning are promoted through take-home, theme-focused backpacks. Ideas for materials and activities which can be included in these great backpacks are provided.
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English/Language Arts Academic Standards
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- Listening & Speaking
- Reading Response
- Writing Process
Family Activities
- Family Fun Ideas
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- Rent the video - Quest for Camelot (rated G)
- Make sugar cookies using a dragon or dinosaur cookie cutter.
- Go to the library and check out the following books:
- Komodo by Peter Sis
- Dragon Naps by Lynne Bertrand
- Elvira by Margaret Shannon
- Alexander and the Dragon by Katherine Holabird
- Dragon for Sale Book Activities
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- Art Activity
Create a poster to sell a dragon. - Language Activity
You have $5.00 to purchase a pet, real or imaginary. What would you purchase and why. - Computer Activity
Using a drawing program, create a picture of the pet you purchased in your story above.
- Dragonwings Book Activities
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- Art Activity
Draw a picture of you and your father doing something together. - Language Activity
Write about a time you were made fun of or ridiculed. - Hands-on Activity
Using the directions provided with the chopsticks, try picking up objects such as pebble, lego, small plastic car, and a rubber band.
- Dragon in the Ghetto Caper Book Activities
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- Writing Activity
Write your own mystery story about something you have lost. Tell the steps you took to find the object. - Language Activity
List three ways your life is similar to Andy and three ways your life is different than his. - Hands-on Activity
Fingerprint a member of your family and compare the fingerprints to the examples.
- Pete's Dragon Video Activities
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- Art Activity
Draw a picture of your family and a magical pet you would like to own. - Language Activity
Discuss parts of the movie that were realistic and parts that were fantasy. - Computer Activity
Use a drawing program to design a dragon trap.
- Raising Dragons Book Activities
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- Art Activity
Draw the three stages of a dragon's life; baby, child, and adult - Language Activity
By using an atlas or globe find an island that might be a home to a dragon. Create a story about the island and the dragon that lives there. - Computer Activity
Using a drawing program, create an island. Label places and things on your island. Be sure to label north and south. Include a map key. - Hands-on Activity
Take a hard-boiled egg and design an egg for your own dragon.
- Komodo Dragons Book Activities
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- Internet Activity
At this web site find information about the Komodo dragon and where it lives: - Language Activity
By using an atlas or globe find an island where komodo dragons live. Write a story about a two-week trip to the island. - Computer Activity
Create a travel brochure for someone wanting to visit the Komodo National Park.
Books to Include |
- Dragon for Sale
- by Marianne MacDonald - ages 8 and older
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- Dragonwings
- by Laurence Yep - ages 11 and older
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- Komodo Dragons
- by Louise Martin - ages 6 and older
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- Raising Dragons
- by Jerdine Nolan - all ages
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- The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper
- by E.L. Konigsburg - ages 8 and older
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Web Sites for Fun |
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List of Additional Resources |
| Puzzles & Games |
- Stuffed Talking Dragon
- all ages
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| Videos |
- Pete's Dragon
- by Walt Disney - rated G
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Resource Link
If you are thinking of creating a literacy backpack for dragons,
here are suggested resources you can include in your backpack: dragons resources.
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